Stock-weaner.



N0. 693,!65. Patented Feb. Il, |902.`

. A. M. SHANNON & W. BOBBITT.

STOCK WEANER` v (Application med Nov. 1e, 1901.)l

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES f- PATENg-QEFICE ALBERT M. SHANNON AND IVILLIAM BOBBITT,OF LAPORTE, TEXAS.

STOCK-WEAN ER.

SBECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 693,165, dated February11, 1902. Application filed November 18 1901. Serial No. 82,742. '(Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom, it' may concern:

Be it known that we, ALBERT M. SHANNON and WILLIAM BoBBIr'I, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Laporte, in the county of Harris andState of Texas, have invented cereV tain new and useful Improvements inStock- Weaners; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to stock-weaners.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich shall be sim'- ple of construction, durable in use, comparativelyinexpensive of production, easily applied, and designed for weaningcalves and preventing other stock from sucking themselves or others.

W'ith these and others objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangements of parts,which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointedout in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure llis a perspective view of ourimproved stockweaner. Fig, 2 is a side elevation of the wire frame, andFig. 3 is front view of the fender before it is connected with the wireframe.

Referring to the drawings, l denotes a fender, -which preferablyconsists of arectangular plate, the side edges of which are bent uponthemselves to stiften the plate and the upper edge of which is providedwith a curved recess to accommodate the animals nose. The wall of thisrecess is slitted to form tongues 2 andS for a purpose hereinafter toappear. The lower edge of this plate is curved outwardly, as shown, tofacilitate the ready raising of the plate by the animal when in the'actof eating or drinking, but which will strike the cow first when itattempts to suck.

4 denotes a wire frame, which consists of a bowed portion 5, which isfastened to the fenL der by the tongues being folded over the same andwhich is formed with rounded inwardly-projecting eyes 6, which areadapted to engage the nostrils of the animal and which terminate inlaterally and upwardly extending arms 7, around which is bent the upperedge of the fender, which materially stiffens the fender at this point.The upward projection'of the arms 7 and upper edge of the fender willprevent the calf licking over top of the Weaner.

In use the fender is applied to the animal by engaging theinwardly-projecting eyes with the nostrils of the animal,thus allowingthe nose to project through the recess, and thus allowing a freeswinging movement of the fender to permit of the grazing of the animalwhile at the same time preventing the animal from extracting milk. Weattach considerable importance to the fact that the eyes andthe portionsimmediately contiguous thereto are formed by doubling the wire uponitself, thus materially strengthening the device at these points.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction, mode of operation, andadvantages of our invention will be readily understood without requiringa more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and details of construction maybe made within the scope of the invention without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is*A A stock-weaner, consisting of a fender having arecess at its upper edge, the walls of which are slitted to formtongues, a wire frame having a bowed portion around which said tonguesare bent, and being provided with inwardlyprojecting eyes to engage thenostrils of the animal, and with laterally-projecting arms around whichthe upper edge of the fender is bent, substantially as set forth. Intestimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of twosubscribing witnesses. Y

ALBERT M. SHANNON. Y WILLIAM BOBBITT. v Witnesses:

J. D. WILLIAMS, P. P. REYNOLDS.

